The document discusses methods of estimating age based on tooth development and eruption. It provides background on the history of using teeth for age estimation dating back 170 years. Key facts discussed include that teeth are durable structures that can withstand assaults better than other body parts, making them useful for age and identity estimation. The stages of tooth eruption from deciduous to permanent teeth are outlined, with charts showing the typical sequence of eruption. Estimating age from tooth development is considered a reliable, non-invasive method in various disciplines.
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The document discusses methods of estimating age based on tooth development and eruption. It provides background on the history of using teeth for age estimation dating back 170 years. Key facts discussed include that teeth are durable structures that can withstand assaults better than other body parts, making them useful for age and identity estimation. The stages of tooth eruption from deciduous to permanent teeth are outlined, with charts showing the typical sequence of eruption. Estimating age from tooth development is considered a reliable, non-invasive method in various disciplines.
The document discusses methods of estimating age based on tooth development and eruption. It provides background on the history of using teeth for age estimation dating back 170 years. Key facts discussed include that teeth are durable structures that can withstand assaults better than other body parts, making them useful for age and identity estimation. The stages of tooth eruption from deciduous to permanent teeth are outlined, with charts showing the typical sequence of eruption. Estimating age from tooth development is considered a reliable, non-invasive method in various disciplines.
• HISTORY • FACTS ABOUT AGE ESTIMATION • STAGES OF TOOTH ERUPTION • TOOTH ERUPTION CHART • DENTAL CERTIFICATE HISTORY
• THE USE OF TEETH FOR DETERMINING SOMEONE'S AGE HAS ITS
ORIGIN 170 YEARS AGO WHEN TOOTH ERUPTION WAS FIRST USED FOR DENTAL AGE ESTIMATION IN CONNECTION WITH CHILD LABOR.
• IN ANCIENT TIMES, AGE ESTIMATION OF LIVING ADOLESCENTS WERE
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT. ACCORDING TO RECORDS IN ANCIENT ROME ADOLESCENTS WERE JUDGED TO BE FIT FOR SERVICE, AS SOON AS THE SECOND MOLARS HAD ERUPTED COMPLETELY. IT WAS MAINLY DENTISTS WHO HAD TO CARRY OUT AGE ESTIMATIONS.
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HISTORY • THE DENTAL SYSTEM IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HUMAN BODY, ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT CAN BE STUDIED IN PARALLEL WITH OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL MATURITY INDICATORS SUCH AS BONE AGE, MENARCHE AND HEIGHT.
• SEVERAL AUTHORS HAVE SHOWN THAT DENTAL PARAMETERS ARE
MORE SUITABLE FOR AGE ESTIMATION IN CHILDREN BECAUSE THE VARIABILITY IS LOWER SINCE CALCIFICATION RATES OF TEETH ARE MORE CONTROLLED BY GENES THAN BY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. FACTS ABOUT TEETH AND AGE ESTIMATION • ESTIMATION OF AGE AT DEATH AND DETERMINATION OF SEX OF THE VICTIM OR REMAINS ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY.
• TEETH ARE AMONG THE MOST RELIABLE TOOLS IN THE PROCESS OF
IDENTIFICATION OF AGE. TEETH ARE ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE PARTS OF OUR BODY, WHICH CAN WITHSTAND MORE ASSAULTS THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE BODY. THIS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF BODIES IN MASS DISASTERS AND NATURAL CALAMITIES.[1] FACTS ABOUT TEETH AND AGE ESTIMATION • THE DEVELOPING DENTITION IS USED TO ASSESS MATURITY AND ESTIMATE THE AGE IN MANY DISCIPLINES INCLUDING ANTHROPOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, FORENSIC SCIENCE, PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY AND ORTHODONTICS.
• THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT DENTAL DEVELOPMENT IS LESS EFFECTED
THAN SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT BY MALNUTRITION AND HORMONAL DISORDERS.
• TOOTH FORMATION IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR ESTIMATING THE AGE AS
VARIATIONS ARE LESS AS COMPARED TO OTHER DEVELOPMENT FACTORS. REFERENCE: PMCID: PMC4130020 (FORENSIC DENTAL MEDICINE 2017) PMID: 25125911 FACTS ABOUT TEETH
• ASSESSMENT OF AGE OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY
EXAMINATION OF TEETH IS ONE OF THE ACCEPTED METHODS OF AGE DETERMINATION IN LIVE PATIENTS
• TEETH ARE KNOWN TO AID IN PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
AND AGE ESTIMATION AS THEY ARE HIGHLY DURABLE AND RESIST PUTREFACTION, FIRE, CHEMICALS ETC. IN FORENSIC SCIENCE FACTS
• TEETH HAD BEEN USED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. IT IS MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THE PRESENT DAY WORLD TO IDENTIFY MISSING, DEAD, MURDERED, OR KILLED PERSONS IN ACCIDENTS. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CORPSES, MUTILATED BODIES, IS OF IMPORTANCE FROM SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS.
• AGE ESTIMATION CAN BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD BY THE STAGES OF
ERUPTION OF THE TEETH. MIXED DENTITION PERIOD STAGES OF TOOTH ERUPTION CHART CHART ON THE SEQUENCE OF ERUPTION PLEASE REMEMBER
• TEETH ARE AMONG THE MOST RELIABLE TOOLS IN THE PROCESS
OF IDENTIFICATION OF AGE. TEETH ARE ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE PARTS OF OUR BODY, WHICH CAN WITHSTAND MORE ASSAULTS THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE BODY; • THE DEVELOPING DENTITION IS USED TO ASSESS MATURITY AND ESTIMATE THE AGE IN MANY DISCIPLINES INCLUDING ANTHROPOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, FORENSIC SCIENCE, PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY AND ORTHODONTICS • AGE ESTIMATION IN THE LIVING IS NON INVASIVE AND COST EFFECTIVE IT ONLY NEEDS EXPERTS FOR THE RIGHT RESULTS CONCLUSION
• IF ONE IS IN DOUBT OF THE FINDINGS PLEASE REFER TO
A SPECIALIST;
• THE MOST RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION
REGARDING THE TEETH ARE THE DENTISTS AND THE MOST RELIABLE BODY IS THE PHILIPPINE DENTAL ASSOCIATION DENTAL CERTIFICATE